Details on the type of missiles used in the failed attack against an Israeli charter jet in Kenya: Kenyan Official Hints at al-Qaida Link.

Officials close to the investigation said it was likely the rockets were Russian-made Strelas. Sunkuli said the discarded missile launchers, which he said were originally olive green but had been painted blue by the terrorists, “most likely” were Russian, but could be German or American.

The Financial Times, whose reporter saw the launchers when police were showing them to Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi, said Saturday the serial number on one of them indicated they were manufactured by Zid or the V.A. Degtyarev weapons plant northeast of Moscow in March 1974.